Machine for filling bottles or siphons.



No. 680,362. Patenfed Aug. l3, l90l.

E. J. SCHWEIZEB. mom: ronmuue aomss on swans.-

. (Application filed Jan. 24, 1901.)

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No. 680362. v Patented Aug. I3, 190:.

E. J. SCHWEIZER.

MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES 0R SIPHONS. (Applicatioli filed Jan. 24, 1901.

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' WITNESSES 4 BY a ATTORNEYS n1: NORRIS Pzrzns co. PHomuTnQ, WASHINGTON. n. c.

iUNrTsn STATES PATENT r EUGENE J. SOHVVEIZER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW YORK BOTTLERS SUPPLIES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR FILLING BOTTLES OR SIPHONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,362, dated August 13, 1901.

Application filed January 24, 1901. Serial No. 44,523. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE JOHN SCHWEI- ZER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Filling Bottles or Siphons, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to apparatus for filling soda-water bottles, seltzer-siphons, and other bottles or vessels of this class with carbonated liquids; and the object thereof is to provide an improved apparatus of this class which is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and by means of which the filling of bottles or vessels of the class specified may be much more quickly and safely accomplished than is possible with the apparatus now in use.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus which I employ; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; Fig. 3, a view at right angles to Fig. 1 of the base of the apparatus; Fig. 4, a sectional view of a detail of the construction shown in Fig. 1, but forming no part of my invention; and Fig. 5, a side view of a detail of the construction.

In the practice of my invention I provide an apparatus of the class specified comprising a standard or support 5, having a base 6, adapted to be bolted to a floor or other support, and the standard or support 5 is provided at the top thereof with a horizontal plate 7, to the front edge of which is bolted a transverse plate 8, provided centrally with an upwardly-directed cylindrical support 9, having a cup-shaped cavity or recess and the front and back sides of which are out out at the top or provided with notches or recesses 11. The rear end of the plate 7 is provided with a standard 12, to which is pivoted a lever 13, the front end of which is provided with a small roller 14 and the rear end of which is provided with a latterly and backwardly directed arm 15, and the left-hand side of the lever 13 is provided with a pin 16, on which bears a spring 17, secured to a pin 18, which cured at 21a curved arm 22, which extends around to the left and front of the apparatus, and hinged to the upright at 23 is a shield 24, which is of the general form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and which is adapted to swing like a door and which is provided centrally of its free edge with a finger 25, which is adapted to engage with the front end of the arm 22, said finger and arm being provided each with a notch or recess 26, and the shield 24 is preferably closed at the top and provided with a handle 27.

Pivoted to the top of the base portion 6 of the apparatus at 28 is a pedal-lever 29, to which is pivoted at 30 a rod 31, and secured to the front of the standard or support 25 at 32 is an outwardly and upwardly directed arm 33, provided on its front side with keepers 34,

in which is mounted a slide 35, and the upper end of the rod 31 is pivotally connected with the lower end of the slide 35, as shown at 36,-

and connected with the pedal-lever 29 at 37 is a spring 38, which is secured to the standard or support 5 at 39 and which operates to hold the pedal-lever in its highest position or in the position shown in Fig. 1.

The slide is provided at its upper end with a keeper 40, and I also use in this apparatus a filler 41 of well-known construction and which consists of a tubular casing 42, provided with a branch tube 43, a nozzle 44, and a curved vent-tube 45, and mounted on the upper end thereof is a screwythreaded cap 46, through which passes a valve-shaft 47, provided with a crank 48, and the valve-shaft 47 is adapted to control the branch tube 43 and the vent-pipe 45, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, and in practice a flexible or other tube 48 is connected with the branch tube 43 of the filler 41, as shown at 49, or in any desired manner, and the liquids for filling the bottles or other vessels are passed through the tube 48.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have indicated mil in dotted lines at a siphon of the ordinary form and construction, and this siphon is provided with the usual discharge-spout 51,which is controlled by a valve-lever 52, all of said parts being indicated in dotted lines, and in operating my improved apparatus forfilling bottles, siphons, or other vessels of this class the bottle or siphon is inverted and the neck thereof rests in the cup or tubular support 9, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1, and the casing or shield 24 is then swung to the position shown in Fig. 1 and connected with the arm 22. In this operation the bottle or siphon rests against the arm 22, while the casing or 3 shield acts as a protector for the operator if v time the valve-shaft 47 is turned by the crank 48', and the water or other liquid passes through the pipe 48 into the bottle or siphon. 'When the bottle or siphon has been partially filled, it will be necessary to let the air out of it before it can be entirely filled, and this is accomplished by turning the crank 48 so that the valve-shaft 47 will open the commu nication of the vent-pipe 45 with the nozzle 44 of the filler 41,-and after a sufficient amount of air has been removed from the bottle or siphon the crank 48 is again turned so as to open the branch pipe 43 of the filler 41, and the liquid will again pass through the pipe 48 into the bottle or siphon.

This apparatus is simple in construction and by means thereof thebreakingor bursting of the bottle or siphon in the operation of filling it, which frequently occurs, cannot result injuriously to the operator, the operator being fully protected by the shield or casing 24, and by means of this apparatus bottles or siphons may be much more expeditiously filled than is possible with the apparatus ordinarily employed for this purpose.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An apparatus for filling bottles or siphons comprising a standard an upright connected therewith, a supportsecured to the top of the standard and adapted to hold a bottle or siphon in an inverted position, a shield piv oted to said upright and adapted to partially inclose the bottle or siphon on one side thereof, a segmental arm also connected with said upright and adapted to inclose the bottle or siphon on the other side thereof, a lever pivoted beneath said shield and adapted to oper ate the valvelever of the bottle or siphon, an arm connected with the standard and projecting upwardly and forwardly, a slide connected with said arm, a filling device connected with said slide and adapted to engage the dischargespout of the bottle or siphon when said slide 'is depressed, and means for operating said slide, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I my invention I have signed my name, in pres ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 23d day of January, 1901.

EUGENE J. SCHWEIZER.

Witnessesz F. A. STEWART, M. K. Lownnnn. 

